altar boys
- plural of altar boy.
Example Sentences
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Christopher Boyce and Andrew Daulton Lee were childhood friends, altar boys raised in the Catholic pews and prosperous suburbs of the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025
The St. Pius X Pre-seminary was founded by in 1956 by Pope Pius XII to house altar boys who serve Mass in St. Peter's and are thinking of becoming priests.
From Reuters ● May 25, 2021
Students in the seminary often serve as altar boys in St. Peter’s Basilica, sometimes during papal Masses.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2020
The seminary serves as a residence for about a dozen boys, aged 12 to 18, who serve as altar boys at papal Masses.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2020
In his own high school years, Volpe had been protected by his football-playing friends, his fellow altar boys from Maternity Blessed Virgin Mary.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
